Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö

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Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö

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legal form Corporation
founding March 2, 1961
Seat Mariehamn , ÅlandÅlandÅland 
management Björn Blomqvist (CEO)
Number of employees 1,145 (June 30, 2009)
sales € 221.6 million (2008)
Branch shipping
Website www.rederiabeckero.ax

Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö is a Finnish shipping company based in Åland .

The company is divided into the following divisions:

  • Eckerö Linjen Ab based in Mariehamn : Eckerö (Åland / Finland) - Grisslehamn ( Sweden ), passenger traffic. The travel agency brands Ålandsresor and Ålandsresor Resebyrå , which belong to the group, also belong to the Eckerö Linjen division . The travel agencies sell the Group's own ship and bus trips on the one hand, but also third-party products such as flight bookings, hotel stays, package tours, and more.
  • Eckerö Line Ab Oy based in Mariehamn: Helsinki (Finland) - Tallinn ( Estonia ). Passenger and cargo transportation. This route is especially designed for day tourists who drive from Helsinki to Tallinn in the morning, have 6.5 hours there for sightseeing or shopping and then return to Finland in the evening. In thismarket, which has been growing rapidlysince Estonia joined the European Union in May 2004 , Eckerö Line is in direct competition with Nordic Jet Line , Silja Line , Tallink and Viking Line .
  • Birka Cruises AB based in Stockholm : Stockholm (Sweden) - Mariehamn (Åland / Finland), passenger traffic; by 2020
  • Eckerö Shipping Ab Ltd , based in Mariehamn, operates several Ro-Ro ships on routes between Finland / Sweden and mainland Europe on the basis of long-term charter for various companies in the Finnish and Swedish export industries.
  • Williams Buss Ab , based in Mariehamn, is a bus company that operates bus routes 1, 5 and 6 in Åland on the one hand, and is also active in the bus travel business with a fleet of coaches on the other.

fleet

Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö and its subsidiaries operate the following four ferries and three cargo ships:

  • Eckerö Linjen
    • Eckerö ( Eckerö ↔ Grisslehamn ): Built 1979 (Aalborg Værft A / S, Ålborg ). Length 121 m, width 24.5 m. Speed ​​20 knots. Capacity 1500 passengers. 540 lane meters (270 cars).
  • Eckerö Line
    • Finlandia ( Helsinki ↔ Tallinn ): Built in 2000 ( DSME , Seoul ). Length 175 m, width 27.6 m. Speed ​​27 knots. Capacity 2080 passengers including cabins for 1190 passengers. 665 cars.
    • Finbo Cargo ( Helsinki ↔ Tallinn ): Built in 2000 (Astilleros Españoles, Sevilla ). Length 179.95 m, width 25.24 m. Speed ​​22.5 knots. Capacity 366 passengers. 120 cars.
  • Birka Cruises
  • Eckerö Shipping
    • Exporter  : Cargo ship, built 1991 (Fosen Mek. Verksteder A / S, Rissa ) length 122 m, width 19 m. Speed ​​16.5 knots. 6 620 GRT
    • Shipper  : Cargo ship, built in 1992 (Fosen Mek. Verksteder A / S, Rissa) length 122 m, width 19 m. Speed ​​16.5 knots. 6 620 GRT
    • Transporter  : cargo ship, built 1991 (Fosen Mek. Verksteder A / S, Rissa) length 122 m, width 19 m. Speed ​​16.5 knots. 6 620 GRT

Dissolution of Birka Cargo AB

In 2013 the Birka Cargo AB Ltd. dissolved and 5 of the 7 ships sold to other operators. The Birka Shipper and the Birka Exporter have been operating under the names Shipper and Exporter for Eckerö since then , but now directly under the Eckerö flag. The Birka Trader and the Birka Carrier were sold to long-term charterer Finnlines and from then on operated under the names Finnmaster and Finncarrier . The latter has meanwhile been handed over to Color Line and now operates as a color carrier as a freight ferry on the Kiel-Oslo route. The Birka Express was handed over to Seatrans A / S from Norway and operates there under the name SC Connector . The Birka Transporter drives after several years of use in Spain once again as a transporter for Eckerö and the Baltic Excellent as Excellent for Visentini Giovanni Transporti in Italy.

Former ships

  • The former Roslagen in front of the port of Grisslehamn

  • The Alandia in front of the port of Grisslehamn

  • The Birka Paradise leaves the port of Stockholm

  • The Translandia on the line

  • The Nordlandia in the port of Tallinn

Web links

Commons : Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Half-year report 2009 (PDF; 31 kB)
  2. ↑ Vi slutar kryssa - tack för oss! July 3, 2020, accessed July 4, 2020 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ Lokaltagraph på Åland  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.williamsbuss.ax  
  4. ↑ Second ferry for Eckerö. May 20, 2019, accessed May 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Eckerö Shipping
  6. ^ Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö: Våra fartyg